MSc Sport Management at Loughborough University

Programme overview

Build the expertise to lead and shape successful sport organisations. Sport is a truly international and rapidly expanding industry that unites commercial, public and third-sector stakeholders. Loughborough University’s original MSc Sport Management, taught on our East Midlands campus by the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences (ranked 1st in the world for sport-related subjects, QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026), gives you the skills and knowledge to work in this exciting industry.

Faculty: School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences | Department: Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences | Duration: 1 year full-time; Typically 2 years part-time | Study mode: full-time; part-time | Intake: September 2027 | Location: Loughborough, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Sport Management MSc covers a wide range of topics; to give you a taster, we have expanded on the core modules affiliated with this programme. Compulsory modules: Economics of Innovation in Sport, Management of Human Resources in the Sport Industry, Strategic Sport Marketing, Research Methods and Data Analytics, Personal Development for Sport Management Employability, Accounting for Decision Making, Sport Sales, Event Management, Project (SM/SMPID).

Career pathways

Our master's in Sport Management graduates are known around the world for their engagement in the sport sector. Many of our graduates go on to work for professional sports teams, sport marketing and sponsorship agencies, and sport governing institutions (e.g., national and international sport governing bodies, and sport government departments).

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Application information

Entry requirements

A 2:1 honours degree (or equivalent international qualification) degree in the area(s) of sport (including sports science/kinesiology and sport technology), business, management or related subject (marketing, accounting, economics), law or engineering with management. Applications from those with a non-related degree who have relevant professional experience/qualifications will be considered on a case-by-case basis and may be invited to interview. Ghana equivalents: first-class 65% / 3.4 GPA, 2:1 57% / 3.0 GPA, 2:2 50% / 2.5 GPA

Domestic applicants: GBP 15,000 a year (2027/28). Full-time degree per annum Source

International applicants: GBP 33,000 a year (2027/28). Full-time degree per annum Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 1 year full-time; Typically 2 years part-time

Apply through the official page: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/apply/masters-degree/

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